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dc.contributor.authorLawson, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:57:13Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:57:13Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2009-08-11T05:53:32Z
dc.identifier.issn10381635
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/25094
dc.description.abstractWhile there may still in theory be some limits to the Constitution s 51(xviii) "patents for inventions" legislative power, the introduction of the concept of "other products of intellectual effort" in Nintendo Co Ltd v Centronics Systems Pty Ltd (1994) 181 CLR 134 [PDF] appears to have established an almost limitless scope for this power. In addition, the Constitution s 51(xxix) "external affairs" legislative power considerably expands the scope for possible patent and patent-like legislative schemes. This article reviews the existing precedents and addresses the remaining potential limits to the Commonwealth Parliament's legislative authority to implement patent and patent-like legislative schemes that promote pro-competitive innovations without unduly restricting desirable competition. The analysis concludes that any present constraints on the Commonwealth Parliament's legislative authority are unlikely to be for want of expansive constitutional powers.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLawbook Co.
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.thomsonreuters.com.au/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom243
dc.relation.ispartofpageto254
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Intellectual Property Journal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume17
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode180199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801
dc.titleRevisiting the Commonwealth Parliament's legislative authority for patent and patent-like schemes under the Constitution
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLawson, Charles


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